stager : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stager	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for stager
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stager n someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed Synonym(s): stage manager, stager an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service Synonym(s): veteran, old- timer, oldtimer, old hand, warhorse, old stager, stager
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stager \Sta"ger\, n. 1. A player. [R.] --B. Jonson. 2. One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience. [bd]You will find most of the old stagers still stationary there.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 3. A horse used in drawing a stage. [Colloq.]